LED ZEPPELIN II

Note the year people. Led Zeppelin released their second album in 1969. The same year as their debut! What was it about bands of that era who could consistently deliver albums year in and year out over such a short space of time and manage touring as well? Creativity in abundance and the licence to be creative by the record companies perhaps.

Led Zeppelin II marks another milestone and again an excellent follow up to it's predecessor.' Whole Lotta Love' without doubt their most popular party track. One can't help rockin to this song no matter how many times it has been played over the years. Great solo from Jimmy Page and the other most important instrument that Led Zeppelin had as an ingredient is the vocals by Robert Plant. This is not dismissing John Paul Jones and John Bonham of course but few bands managed to encapsulate vocals as a unique ingredient to their sound like Zeppelin did. I can think of Rolling Stones, Yes, The Doors to name a few.The other great track on this album IMHO is ' The Lemon Song' but overall the album holds up collectively as an excellent piece of work. Sure there are influences from all over the place, but certainly no plagiarism. This was again another great unique offering from Led Zeppelin.